List of hackathons in Riga, Latvia in 2017

Practical workshop - "3D Graphics for Augmented Reality" during the event "Reality Check" Augmented Reality can become a real helper in our life. It actually becomes a part of our reality, and it’s up to us, how it will look like. We can shape the Augmented Reality with the help of 3D graphics, and we have almost complete freedom to visualize our imagination. But still, we have some hardware and software limitations which we have to take into account. During this workshop, the experts will share their experience and some approaches which can help us to overcome these limitations, and show the process of 3D assets creations for Augmented reality from scratch. The workshop is brought to you by Accenture and led by Maxim Velichkin & Haralds Mikelsons (LV) Maxim Velichkin, Creative Technologist @Accenture With about 7 years experience in work with visual effects, 3D Graphics and motion design, Maxim works with Augmented, Mixed and Virtual reality applications development, 3D graphics and design. Maxim holds a Masters degree (2014) from the Humanities Institute of TV & Radio Broadcasting, Faculty of Directing TV and Multimedia. The Winner of the First Prize on the AR Hackathon with Trond Nilsen. 
Author and director of documentary films: “Generation of free people” and «Soul of stranger» (two prizes at the international festival «Telemania - 2014»). Human Rights Academy (Oslo, Norway) took the film to be used in educational seminars. Photographer, a nominee in the second edition of Fine Art Photography Awards (London). Three honourable Mentions in International Photography Awards (USA). Passionate about AR/VR/MR. Follow Maxim's work on Linkedin, FB or Twitter: @RumataM Haralds Mikelsons, Unity Developer @Accenture AR developer, 3D designer and Unity (games) developer. Haralds is a game developer with more than 2 years of experience working with Unity and Autodesk's 3Ds Max. Have created multiple personal projects (3D, 2D, VR, AR). Recently put the main focus on working with AR (Microsoft Hololens) and have already developed 2 applications. In 2015 started studying Games Technology at Coventry University (UK), currently in year 3. Participated in Global Game Jam in Birmingham (UK), nominated from Coventry University to participate and present a personal project in a Global Game Jam Brazil (2019). Passionate about games, game development for any platform. Find him on FB or explore the Personal Portfolio.  Accenture is an international management consultancy, technology service and outsourcing company and the leading IT company in Latvia. The company employs more than 394,000 people worldwide, serving customers in more than 120 countries. The Accenture Latvia Branch was founded in 2002, and welcomed hit the 1,000 employees mark in November 2016. Practical info: * The workshop will last approximately 2 hours, and is meant for people with interest in the field;* No previous experience necessary, the most important thing is being curious and eager to learn something new;* Participation is free of charge but registration is mandatory. The workshop is organised as part of the event "Reality Check" - conference covering 'all things reality'. More info: EVENTBRITE, WEBSITE and FB. 

Latvian fintechies -- students, programmers, designers, IT professionals, business ideas owners and young entrepreneurs! The Latvian Startup Association invites you to participate in the Startup Slalom FinTech hackathon! Participating as a member of a team, you'll be challenged to create an innovative technology-based solution for a financial services business issue. Collaborate and compete for peer recognition and a € 1,000 cash prize and a free ticket to the eCom21 International eCommerce Forum.